Record Number: 13905
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Reader makes 4 references to Gray's works V.1 p.73 (Ode to adversity), p. 91 (The progress of poesy); v.2 p.55 (The fatal sisters),; v.3 p. 59 (On a distant prospect of Eton college). Eg. p.73 'I always delight in Gray?s Ode to Adversity; read it once again and compare its ennobling tenors with my ideas.'; p. 91 'I feel the spark of fancy kindling at the torch of memory; but as Gray says of Jove?s eagle, "the thunder of whose beak, and lightening of whose eye were to be quenched? &c &c I too will quench my mental light in ?dark clouds of slumber"'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1755 and 31 Dec 1797
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1755
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Wife/widow of Church of Scotland minister then author
Religion:Church of Scotland
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Poems]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13905
Source:Anne Grant
Editor:n/a
Title:Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1807
Vol:1, 2,3,
Page:Various
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), 1, 2,3,, p. Various, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13905, accessed: 24 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Date range given as birth to date of letter. Some titles from external sources
